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inserted over middle of reflexed pectoral; nose rather rounded, scarcely twice eye; teeth in jaws 
uniserial, those in the upper jaw not so sharp as those in the lower; no teeth on vomer behind front of 
maxillaries. 
Fia. 3.—Leiuranus lithinus, new species. Type. 
Color brownish, mottled with darker above and on sides, the dark color in places tending to form 
vague crossbands, which do not extend on belly. (Ai9zvo0s,, marbled, like stone.) 
Here described from a single specimen, 12 inches long, from Cuyo; no. 20211, Stanford University. 
CCECULA Vahl. 
27. Cecula mindora (=Dalophis Rafimesque) Jordan & Richardson, new species. 
Head 2.60 in distance from gill-opening to vent; depth 25 in total length; eye 25 in head; snout 7; 
cleft of mouth very wide, extending far behind eye, 2.50 in head; teeth in jaws fine, uniserial; a length- 
wise row of about 6 large sharp teeth in a single row on the vomer, behind the junction of the maxillaries; 
tip of upper jaw with 3 large teeth in a transverse series, behind them a wide shallow cross notch into 
whick the tip of the mandible closes; dorsal inserted one-quarter of the head’s length behind the gill- 
openings; pectorals wholly wanting. 
Fig. 4.—Ccecula mindora, new species. Typo. 
Color above lateral line a uniform finely punctulated dark brown; scattered punctulations extend- 
ing a short distance below lateral line on trunk, a nearly sharp line separating upper from lower color on 
the tail; lateral line with a series of small more or less stellate whitish spots, about size of eye; belly 
pale; top and tip of snout blue-black; under jaw specked and splashed with bluish black. 
One specimen, 15 inches long, from Mindoro Island; no. 20209, Stanford University. 
Family MURANIDA. 
GYMNOTHORAX Bloch. 
28. Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl). : 
Life colors dark olive green, with mottlings of whitish olive in fine pattern; larger light areas on 
sides: no black at angle of mouth and none at gill-opening. 
One specimen, 8 inches long, trom Cagayancillo, and one, 4.50 inches long, from Ticao Island. 
29. Gymnothorax litus (Richardson). 
In life finely mottled with gray and brown; almost pure gray below. This species has no black at 
corners of mouth or on gill-openings. 
One specimen from Cuyo, 9.75 inches long, and one from Cagayancillo, 10 inches. 
